Brazilian instrumental music

Movement · 1960s → · Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo · Hybrids and world

Beyond bossa nova, Moacir Santos, Hermeto Pascoal, Egberto Gismonti and the Zimbo Trio invent a written Brazilian jazz. Based in the United States, Airto Moreira and Flora Purim link it to fusion.

Where it comes from

• Bossa nova, jazz samba
• Clube da Esquina (Minas Gerais)

What it gave rise to or influenced

• Fusion, jazz-rock, jazz-funk

Artists

• Hermeto Pascoal (1936–2025, multi-instrumentalist)
• Moacir Santos (1926–2006, saxophone, composition)
• Baden Powell (1937–2000, guitar, composition)
• Toninho Horta (1948, guitar, vocals)
• Eliane Elias (1960, piano, vocals)
• Hamilton de Holanda (1976, bandolim (10 strings))
• Milton Nascimento (1942, vocals, guitar, piano)
• Wagner Tiso (1945, piano, keyboards, arrangement)
• Louis Matute (guitar)

Tracks to start with

• Butterfly Dreams — Flora Purim (1973)
• Tombo in 7/4 — Airto Moreira (1973)
• Beijo Partido — Toninho Horta (1980)
• Ponta de Areia — Wayne Shorter & Milton Nascimento (1975)
• Brasilianos — Hamilton de Holanda Quintet (2006)
• Dolce Vita — Louis Matute (2026)

Sources

• EN : Brazilian jazz

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